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datetime="2015-04-24T07:00:14.702722">Friday, April 24, 2015</time> </div> </header> </div> <div class="wrapper content-wrapper"> <div id="site_content" class="content "> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-8 main_column"> <header class="auxiliary content_header"> <ul class="actions"> <li class="rss"> <a type="application/rss+xml" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/feeds/staff/ewalters/">RSS <span></span></a> </li> </ul> <h1>Edgar Walters <span></span></h1> </header> <div class="intro"> <div class="media headshot_portrait"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/profiles/Edgar_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox inline"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/profiles/Edgar_1_jpg_131x197_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""/> </a> </div> <p> <strong>Edgar Walters</strong> covers health care for The Texas Tribune, where he started as an intern in September 2013. When not in the newsroom or at the Capitol, he can be found on the volleyball court, where he stands 6'7". </p> <ul class="social_links"> <li><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3451435558405146477440514c554740465d56415a511a5b4653"> <i class="icon-envelope"></i> <span><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="284d5f49445c4d5a5b685c4d50495b5c5a414a5d464d06475a4f">[email protected]</span><script cf-hash="f9e31" type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */!function(){try{var t="currentScript"in document?document.currentScript:function(){for(var t=document.getElementsByTagName("script"),e=t.length;e--;)if(t[e].getAttribute("cf-hash"))return t[e]}();if(t&&t.previousSibling){var e,r,n,i,c=t.previousSibling,a=c.getAttribute("data-cfemail");if(a){for(e="",r=parseInt(a.substr(0,2),16),n=2;a.length-n;n+=2)i=parseInt(a.substr(n,2),16)^r,e+=String.fromCharCode(i);e=document.createTextNode(e),c.parentNode.replaceChild(e,c)}}}catch(u){}}();/* ]]> 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href="?page=2#contributions" class="next">next <span>&rsaquo;</span></a></li></ul> </nav> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/23/public-health-bill-morphs-heated-abortion-debate-h/">Health Agency Bill Pulled Amid Heated Abortion Debate</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/23/public-health-bill-morphs-heated-abortion-debate-h/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/10/IMG_9705_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/10/IMG_9705_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a> and <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:05:32 -0500" title="2015-04-23 18:05"> April 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/23/public-health-bill-morphs-heated-abortion-debate-h/comments/"><span class="value">24</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span><strong>UPDATED:</strong> Debate on legislation to re-evaluate a state health agency morphed into a fight over abortion in the Texas House on Thursday, and the bill was pulled down after </span><span>a pair of anti-abortion amendments were added to the bill over the author's objections.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/23/public-health-bill-morphs-heated-abortion-debate-h/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/21/house-passes-right-try-bill/">House Backs Bill Pushing "Right to Try" Experimental Drugs</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/21/house-passes-right-try-bill/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/10/IMG_9715_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/10/IMG_9715_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:56:57 -0500" title="2015-04-21 11:56"> April 21, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/21/house-passes-right-try-bill/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The Texas House on Tuesday tentatively passed </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=83R&Bill=HB21">House Bill 21</a><span>, the “right to try” bill</span><span> that would allow terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs that have passed </span><span>at least the first</span><span> of three FDA trial phases.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/21/house-passes-right-try-bill/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/21/doc-fighting-bills-would-change-scope-medical-prac/">Bills on Medical Authority Spark More Doc Fights</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/21/doc-fighting-bills-would-change-scope-medical-prac/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/020810-medicalrecords_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/020810-medicalrecords_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 21 Apr 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-21 06:00"> April 21, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/21/doc-fighting-bills-would-change-scope-medical-prac/comments/"><span class="value">8</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Medical groups are tracking more than a dozen bills — some moving, some apparently stuck — that would give more autonomy to professionals like nurse practitioners and physical therapists to operate independently of medical doctors.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/21/doc-fighting-bills-would-change-scope-medical-prac/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/20/hospital-funds-question-abbott-holds-firm-against-/">With Hospital Funds in Question, Abbott Holds Firm Against Medicaid Expansion</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/20/hospital-funds-question-abbott-holds-firm-against-/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/02/11/Medicaid-Expansion-3_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/02/11/Medicaid-Expansion-3_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>graphic by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:58:58 -0500" title="2015-04-20 11:58"> April 20, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/20/hospital-funds-question-abbott-holds-firm-against-/comments/"><span class="value">71</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Following news that billions of federal dollars for hospitals </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/17/feds-warn-texas-expand-medicaid-or-risk-hospital-f/">could be in jeopardy</a><span> if the state does not expand its public health insurance program to cover more low-income Texans, Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a> reiterated his opposition to Medicaid expansion.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/20/hospital-funds-question-abbott-holds-firm-against-/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/17/feds-warn-texas-expand-medicaid-or-risk-hospital-f/">Feds Warn Texas: Expand Medicaid or Risk Hospital Funds</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/17/feds-warn-texas-expand-medicaid-or-risk-hospital-f/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/09/10/Emergency_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/09/10/Emergency_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Eric Staszczak / KOMU News</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:14:20 -0500" title="2015-04-17 16:14"> April 17, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/17/feds-warn-texas-expand-medicaid-or-risk-hospital-f/comments/"><span class="value">65</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Federal officials called the state's health agency this week to say that Texas' reluctance to expand Medicaid will play into whether the Obama administration extends a waiver that helps the state's hospitals cover uninsured patients.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/17/feds-warn-texas-expand-medicaid-or-risk-hospital-f/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/15/post-scandal-senators-approve-partial-mega-agency/">Senators Approve Partial Consolidation of Health Agencies</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/15/post-scandal-senators-approve-partial-mega-agency/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/SunsetEthics_1_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/SunsetEthics_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Todd Wiseman / Jessica Schaefers</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 15 Apr 2015 15:44:51 -0500" title="2015-04-15 15:44"> April 15, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/15/post-scandal-senators-approve-partial-mega-agency/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The Texas Senate on Wednesday tentatively approved a measure to partially consolidate the state’s massive health and human services system.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/15/post-scandal-senators-approve-partial-mega-agency/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/13/senate-votes-close-austin-institution/">Senate Votes to Close Austin Institution</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/13/senate-votes-close-austin-institution/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/AustinStateSchool_wideroom_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Austin State-Supported Living Center employee Tamika Mays is shown with resident Rebecca Hadnot in 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/AustinStateSchool_wideroom_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Austin State-Supported Living Center employee Tamika Mays is shown with resident Rebecca Hadnot in 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Austin State-Supported Living Center employee Tamika Mays is shown with resident Rebecca Hadnot in 2011.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:30:50 -0500" title="2015-04-13 18:30"> April 13, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/13/senate-votes-close-austin-institution/comments/"><span class="value">72</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The Austin State Supported Living Center will be the first closed, but more are to come as the state continues moving away from residential centers for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/13/senate-votes-close-austin-institution/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/business-association-comes-out-against-religious-f/">Business Group Blasts Religious Freedom Proposals</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/business-association-comes-out-against-religious-f/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/010709_hammon_bill_2_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Bill Hammond is the CEO of the Texas Association of Business."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/010709_hammon_bill_2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Bill Hammond is the CEO of the Texas Association of Business." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Bill Hammond is the CEO of the Texas Association of Business.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 7 Apr 2015 17:14:27 -0500" title="2015-04-07 17:14"> April 7, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/business-association-comes-out-against-religious-f/comments/"><span class="value">40</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Two proposed constitutional amendments designed to safeguard religious liberty would "devastate" economic development and set Texas on the ill-fated path Indiana just traveled, a leading business group said Tuesday.</span></p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/business-association-comes-out-against-religious-f/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/amid-criticism-uncertainty-lingers-over-health-com/">Uncertainty Haunts Health Commissioner Kyle Janek</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/amid-criticism-uncertainty-lingers-over-health-com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/14/Sunset084_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek whispers to an aide at a hearing of the Sunset Advisory Commission on Jan. 14, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/14/Sunset084_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek whispers to an aide at a hearing of the Sunset Advisory Commission on Jan. 14, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek whispers to an aide at a hearing of the Sunset Advisory Commission on Jan. 14, 2015.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 7 Apr 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-07 06:00"> April 7, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/amid-criticism-uncertainty-lingers-over-health-com/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Two reports have criticized Health Commissioner Kyle Janek’s leadership. Three state lawmakers have called for his resignation. And a contract awarded to a vendor on his watch is under investigation. What's a new governor to do? </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/amid-criticism-uncertainty-lingers-over-health-com/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/04/bathroom-bills-pit-transgender-community-against-g/">"Bathroom Bills" Pit Transgender Texans Against GOP</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/04/bathroom-bills-pit-transgender-community-against-g/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/02/IMG_9622_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Caomh谩n 脫 Raghallaigh, a transgender advocate, visits with Sarah Byers, left, in the Capitol office of Sen. Kirk Watson, right."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/02/IMG_9622_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Caomh谩n 脫 Raghallaigh, a transgender advocate, visits with Sarah Byers, left, in the Capitol office of Sen. Kirk Watson, right." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Caomh谩n 脫 Raghallaigh, a transgender advocate, visits with Sarah Byers, left, in the Capitol office of Sen. Kirk Watson, right.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 4 Apr 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-04 06:00"> April 4, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/04/bathroom-bills-pit-transgender-community-against-g/comments/"><span class="value">183</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>A set of </span><span class="il">bills</span><span> from conservative lawmakers would make it illegal for people to use the </span><span class="il">bathroom</span><span> other than the one designated for their gender assigned at birth. Members of the transgender community say the legislation specifically targets them and even places a bounty on their heads.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/04/bathroom-bills-pit-transgender-community-against-g/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/30/house-democrats-target-abortion-program-budget/">House Democrats Target Alternatives to Abortion Program</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/30/house-democrats-target-abortion-program-budget/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/07/22/Protesters-Split_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/07/22/Protesters-Split_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman / Callie Richmond</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:04:52 -0500" title="2015-03-30 15:04"> March 30, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>As the Texas House prepares for a floor fight Tuesday over its budget, a flurry of amendments filed by Democrats seeks to defund the state's </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/providers/FACS/#abortion" target="_blank">Alternatives to Abortion program</a><span>.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/30/house-democrats-target-abortion-program-budget/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/abbott-foster-care-agency-get-your-act-together/">Abbott to Foster Care Agency: Get Your Act Together</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/abbott-foster-care-agency-get-your-act-together/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/17/BDS_4051CMS_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Gov. Greg Abbott annouces several emergency legislative items in his first State of the State speech on Feb. 17, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/17/BDS_4051CMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gov. Greg Abbott annouces several emergency legislative items in his first State of the State speech on Feb. 17, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gov. Greg Abbott annouces several emergency legislative items in his first State of the State speech on Feb. 17, 2015.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a> and <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:52:18 -0500" title="2015-03-25 10:52"> March 25, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/abbott-foster-care-agency-get-your-act-together/comments/"><span class="value">24</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>In the wake of three child deaths under the state’s ward so far this year, Gov. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a><span> on Wednesday told the Department of Family and Protective Services to straighten up and fly right.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/abbott-foster-care-agency-get-your-act-together/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/medicaid-shortfall-benefiting-aca-funds/">Obamacare Cash Helps Pay State's Medicaid Bill</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/medicaid-shortfall-benefiting-aca-funds/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Turnerfrown2CMS_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="State Rep. Sylvester Turner, May 26, 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Turnerfrown2CMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Rep. Sylvester Turner, May 26, 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Rep. Sylvester Turner, May 26, 2011.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 25 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-25 06:00"> March 25, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/medicaid-shortfall-benefiting-aca-funds/comments/"><span class="value">11</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Texas Republicans have long used the Affordable Care Act as a political punching bag, but that hasn’t stopped state budget writers from taking $102 million from the president's signature health care law to pay some bills. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/medicaid-shortfall-benefiting-aca-funds/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/20/rural-hospitals-struggle-keep-their-doors-open/">Rural Hospitals Struggle to Keep Their Doors Open</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/20/rural-hospitals-struggle-keep-their-doors-open/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/19/EmptyHospitalRoom_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/19/EmptyHospitalRoom_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 20 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-20 06:00"> March 20, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/20/rural-hospitals-struggle-keep-their-doors-open/comments/"><span class="value">30</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Policymakers must decide whether to spend more money on small hospitals serving a limited number of patients that, in most cases, cannot keep their doors open without government assistance. But without them people, inevitably, will die.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/20/rural-hospitals-struggle-keep-their-doors-open/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/contracting-reform-bill-sails-out-committee/">Contracting Reform Bill Sails Out of Senate Committee</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/contracting-reform-bill-sails-out-committee/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/11/_F5U9857Nelson1_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, confers with Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, during a March 11, 2015, committee hearing on state contracting issues."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/11/_F5U9857Nelson1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, confers with Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, during a March 11, 2015, committee hearing on state contracting issues." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, confers with Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, during a March 11, 2015, committee hearing on state contracting issues.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:39:46 -0500" title="2015-03-19 10:39"> March 19, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/contracting-reform-bill-sails-out-committee/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Amid an ongoing scandal over how the state awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to a private company, the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday approved <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150424120415/http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=84R&Bill=SB20">Senate Bill 20</a>, which would overhaul the state’s contracting processes.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150424120415/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/contracting-reform-bill-sails-out-committee/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <nav class="pagination"> <ul class="pagination"><li class="disabled"><span class="disabled prev"><span>&lsaquo;</span> previous</span></li><li><span class="current page">1</span></li><li><a href="?page=2#contributions" class="page">2</a></li><li><a href="?page=3#contributions" class="page">3</a></li><li><a href="?page=4#contributions" class="page">4</a></li><li><a class="disabled">…</a></li><li><a href="?page=9#contributions" class="page">9</a></li><li><a href="?page=10#contributions" class="page">10</a></li><li><a href="?page=11#contributions" class="page">11</a></li><li><a href="?page=12#contributions" class="page">12</a></li><li class="last"><a href="?page=2#contributions" class="next">next <span>&rsaquo;</span></a></li></ul> </nav> </div> 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